Feed attachment to metallic-cartridge-crimping machines



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LOlS S. DAY AND BENNETT S. LEWIS, OF NE HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

FEED ATTACHMENT TO METALLl'C-CARTRIDGE-CRIIVIPING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,447, dated June -8,1880.

Application filed March 8, 1880.

To all whom t may concern:

Bc it known that we, LOUTS S. DAY and BENNETT S. Lnwis, of New Haven, inthe county ot' New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a newand Improved Feed Attachment to Machines for Crimping MetallicCartridges, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is both to feed the cartridges to thecrimping-machine and to feed them with the front end foremost.

The invention consists in new elements and in novel combinations, as thesame are hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In the drawings, which are hereby made a part of the specification,Figure l is a perspective view of the attachment, a portion of the caseand of the hollow frustum being removed to show the parts of theattachment, and a portion of the hopper being also removed. Fig. 2 is atop view of a circular plate having a cam on its upper side. Fig. 3 is aview ofthe under side of a circular plate having slides and circularslots. Fig. 4is a view of the central jointed shaft having an arm androller. Fig. 5 is a View of a metallic cartridge. Fig. 6 is a 'verticaland central section of the attachment.

To enable others to make and use our attachment, we will describe it indetail.

A is a cylindrical case inclosing all the parts of the attachment exceptthe hopper and agitator. It has a downwardly-inclined rim, u, attachedon thc inside. A support attached to the case holds the breech l). Twolike supports,(one not beingshown) support the hopper. The hopper B ismade in the form shown in the drawings, and is provided with the slidee, which varies the size of the opening into the agitator. The agitatorC has one end loosely attached to the hopper, and the other end rests onthe central shaft, D. The central stationary shaft, D, rests on thecross-piece f, passes through the circular plates, andis made in twoparts, which are united by a joint, the Lipper part having an arm, g, onthe end of which is a heavy roller, 7L. To the upper end of the'shaftone end of the spiral spring t' (represented by dotted lines) isattached, which, passing under the agitator, has its other end attachedto the case.

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agitator C represent a piece crossing the agitator on its under side.Into a hole in this piece the upper end of the stationary shaft isinserted.

The circular plate E, Fig. 3, has three circular slots, one end of eachslot being enlarged, as shown in Fig. 3, and has also the slides l. Inthe slides l the pins or, Fig. 3, are inserted, and run in the cam m,Fig. 2. These slides partially close the enlarged ends ofthe slotsduring the revolution of the plate, and hold the cartridges by theirheads until they are over the hole n, Fig. 2, when they are drawn backby the pins :c in the cam and let the cartridges drop, The plate E has asleeve, as shown in Fig. 6, which extends downward around the stationaryshaft, to which the pulley is attached, to impart motion. The hollowfrustum F, Figs. l and 6, is attached to the plate E. The corrugationso, Figs. l and 6, are made on the plate E, or on a separate plateattached to it, and impart a vibratory motion to the arm on the centralshaft.

The circular plate H, Fig. 2, has vthe piece p, against which the endsof the cartridges hit, and the opening a, into which the pipe s, Fig. 6,is inserted and fastened to the said circular piece Il. To this plateanother plate is attached, having the cam m, made in the form shown inFig. 2. The circular pieceH is fastened to the case or frame and formsapart ot' the same.

The attachment being constructed as above described and as shown, thecartridges pass through the hopper, down the agitator, between thehollow frustuin and rim on the case, into the slots, and are suspendedby their heads in the slots. As the plate revolves, the cartridges arebrushed toward the enlarged ends of the slots, and one cartridge passesinto the enlargement and is held by the slide. When the enlargement isover the pipe in the lower plate the slide is drawn back by the cam andthe cartridge drops into the pipe, which delivers it to thecrimping-machiner front end foremost, one cartridge from each slotdropping into the pipe at each revolution of the plate.

Having described our attachment, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

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1. The hopper B, agitator C, ljointed central shaft, D, provided withthe arnl g, having the roller h, spiral spring i, connected to the caseand central shaft, corrugations o on the revolving plate E, rim a, andhollow frnstlnn F, in combination, to guide the cartridgesinto thecurved slots, as shown and set forth.

2. The circular plate E, having a sleeve, as shown, and provided withthe curved slots having enlarged ends, also provided with the slides l,having the pills w, brush b, circular plate Gfprovided with the cam mand opening n, also fastened to the piece H, and pipe s, inserted in theopening n, in combination, to deliver thecartrid ges to the crimping-machine, as shown and set forth.

3. The improved feed attachment herein described, consisting` of thecase A, having the rim a, hopper B, having the slide c, agitator C,spiral springt', central jointed shaft, D, provided with the arm g,having the roller h, hol low frnstnm F, circular plate E, having asleeve, as shown, and corrngations o, and provided With the curved slotshaving enlarged ends, and with the slides l, having the pins w, brush b,circular plate Gr, provided with the cam m, piece H, pipe s, cross-piecef, and driving-pulley, all the said parts constructed and in combinationas shown and set forth.

4. In a feed attachment, the circular plate E, having a sleeve, asshown, and provided with either one or more curved slots with enlargedends, and with the slides l, having the pins .1', and cam mi, combinedas shown and set forth.

LOUIS S. DAY. BENNETT S. LEWIS. itncsscs GEORGE TERRY, WILLIAM HoPsoN.

